ångström

Unit of length; equals 0.1 nanometre

Entityunit of length UCUM derived unitQ81454

Also known as angstrom

Instance of: unit of length
, UCUM derived unit

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The angstrom is a unit of length equal to 10−10 m; that is, one ten-billionth of a metre, a hundred-millionth of a centimetre, 0.1 nanometre, or 100 picometres. The unit is named after the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström (1814–1874). It was originally spelled with Swedish letters, as Ångström and later as ångström.

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Named after: Anders Jonas Ångström
Conversion to SI unit: 1e-10 m
Unicode character: Å
Measured physical quantity: length
Unit symbol: Å
Å
Different from: Å
Conversion to standard unit: 1B nanoångström

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